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I just installed a new radiator in my truck. Once I dropped it in it pretty much lined up with the 4 bolts to the supports. Maybe I lifted up a lil bit to make the speed nuts welded to the uprights. 4 bolts with integral washers to fixed location nuts on the uprights. I couldn't do it wrong if I tried...
I thought the OP said his radiator sat in rubber at the bottom and 2 bolts up top?
If so I think the radiator is flexing between the rubber bottom and solid top.
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No rubber anywhere. Copper and brass in steel frames on the sides with a steel x brace is the radiator. The support uprights are steel. Radiator is bolted tight. It's been like that since 1986 when it rolled off the assembly line.
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The OP has the bottom in rubber and the top bolted solid to the support.
I think this is where the problem is as the radiator is flexing and causing the leaks.
Dave ----
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